|
Articles about baby boomer (0-50 of 642)
- Are You Thinking About Working During Retirement?
By: Ruthan Brodsky | - Most working Americans want to keep working when they retire. Regardless of their economic condition, 4 out of 10 people want to keep working primarily because they enjoy what they do. Another 30 percent say they need to keep working because they will need the money.
The fact is falling home values, value declines in 401 Ks and other retirement accounts are forcing many Americans to re-evaluate their needs. The sad truth is more than half of those now retired are concerned about ...
Tags: Ruthan Brodsky, retirement, working in retirement, baby boomer, maintaining lifestyle, health
- Baby Boomer Concentrate On Strength And Fitness For Better Life
By: David Olsen | - People with birth year between 1946 and 1964 called baby boomer are changing anticipations about aging. They have become more conscious about regular exercise that will keep them young and disease free. Healthy aging can be brought with the help of building and maintaining strength. Most of the people in this fast paced world are after accumulating wealth instead of health. On this point some retrospect is to be done. After all, in long run health of a person will determine how long one can carr ...
Tags: baby boomer, maintaining strength, healthy aging, strength building
- Aging Baby Boomer Generation Alert -- Is There A Family Care Giver Contract In Your Future?
By: Diane Carbo | - Caregiver needed? This is a wake up call for the aging baby boomer generation. What is a family care giver contract and why would it be in your future? This is a formal contract under which family members are paid to care for the aging senior in their life. Before you get make a negative judgment on this practice, I ask you to hear me out.
The aging baby boomer is experiencing a phenomenon never experienced by past generations. As we are living longer and healthier lives, we hav ...
Tags: baby boomer generation, aging baby boomer, care giver, care giver contract, caregiver needed
- What The Baby Boomer Generation Should Know About Dementia, Alzheimer's And Memory Loss
By: Diane Carbo | - As the baby boomer generation retires, many are concerned about dementia, Alzheimer's and memory loss. Modern technology and scientific advancements in health care are helping individuals live longer and healthier lives than any previous generation. The statistics of past generations indicate that 10 percent of individuals over the age of 65 years of age develop memory problems. By the age of 85 years of age, the percentage of memory problems increases to 50 percent.
Baby boomers ...
Tags: baby boomer generation, the loss of memory, dementia, Alzheimer's, causes of memory loss, memory los
- Retiring Baby Boomer? As Second Career, Try Affiliate Marketing
By: Dianna Eure Smith | - For a retiring baby boomer, permanent retirement is not an option. This includes the ages of approximately 42 to 65. Those are retiring from their jobs are more often than not starting their own business. This age group makes up of about 54% of the workforce when it comes to self-employment. What does this tell you? This is a group of people who are using what they know to set up a profitable income using the Internet.
What type of business do you suppose they might be interested ...
Tags: retiring baby boomer, baby boomer, as second career, second
- A Baby Boomer Caring For Elderly Parents - A Study For Successful Aging In Place
By: Diane Carbo | - A baby boomer caring for elderly parents is a study for successful aging for the baby boomer. Recent surveys have found that 40 percent of baby boomers have at least one aging parent they are providing care for them. The study goes on to reveal that the remaining 60 percent are concerned about providing care for their aging parents in the future.
As we are living longer and healthier lives, our parents are too. Many are now faced with caring for their own growing family and their ...
Tags: baby boomer, caring for elderly parents, successful aging
- How To Get Over Jealousy?
By: Dr Karen | - Jealousy is a poisonous feeling which has the potential to ruin a relationship. Often you may not even realize the fact that you are jealous by mistaking it for possessiveness or a sign of deep love. Feeling jealous occasionally is understandable but when it starts stalking your relationship and becomes the root cause of almost all your arguments, it becomes hazardous not just for your own health but also the health of your relationship.
How to figure out that your jealousy is pot ...
Tags: jealousy, psychologist, baby boomer, hypnosis
- Boomers Building Tolerance- Understanding People Of Different Religions
By: Dr Karen | - Terrorism in the name of religion, riots in gods name, killing innocents for not worshipping a particular god, hatred or dislike for people of a particular religion, looking at worshippers of a certain god with suspicion.unfortunately such is the reality of todays world.
Religion is a personal choice which is supposed to bring peace of mind and guide you to your lifes purpose. Loving god should encourage you to love everything he/she has created ...
Tags: religion, people, understanding, baby boomer
- Curing Chronic Back Ache Through Positive Affirmations
By: Dr Karen | - When you are enslaved by pain, fulfillment and happiness turn elusive. A chronic back ache can make your life miserable. If the cause of your back pain is an injury or strain on the spinal cord or back muscles, you know what you need to do to get rid of it. But what if you dont know whats causing those muscle spasms and aches? Your problem then becomes even more difficult to deal with, since without knowing the cause its difficult to figure out the cure. It may sound unli ...
Tags: chronic backaches, positive emotions, healthy, baby boomer
- Health And Negativity- How Negative Emotions Harm Your Health?
By: Dr Karen | - Our negative thoughts can wreck havoc on our physical and mental health. While the effects on our mental health are obvious, most of us ignore or do not understand how negativity takes a toll on our physical well being. We all know that negative emotions add to our stress levels, we are also aware of the fact the prolonged anxiety and stress can lead to heart diseases and many psychological problems, but what we don't understand or are perhaps unaware of is the fact that negative emotions have p ...
Tags: negative emotions, health, harm, baby boomer
- How To Cheer Yourself Up?
By: Dr Karen | - When blues chase away every color from your life and the merest hint of smile evades you, you desperately need some happiness tools! You may be wondering what are these happiness tools, well they are simply some do it yourself techniques to bring those bright colors and smiles back into your life!
Try using the following happiness tools whenever you need to cheer yourself up:
*Exercise or yoga: When you exercise feel good chemicals calle ...
Tags: cheer, exercise, blessings, baby boomer
- Positive Affirmations For Boomers To Cure Chronic Sore Throat
By: Dr Karen | - Sometimes our own thinking pattern causes our health problems. A chronic throat infection is one of the many problems that can be packaged due to negative thought patterns. Our bodies and minds communicate in a symbolic language. To understand this language, we need to first become aware of the symbolism of our body parts. Our throat stands for our ability to speak. When we stifle our self expression or creativity, our body reacts with a throat infection. When the inability to express ourselves ...
Tags: chronic sore throat, positive affirmation, negative, baby boomer
- Positive Thinking To Keep A Boomer's Heart Healthy
By: Dr Karen | - Heart attack is one of most dangerous serial killers in the world and women are more prone to becoming its victims. We all know that this killer prefers attacking those with an unhealthy and sedentary lifestyle. But did you know that negative thinking also makes you more vulnerable to heart attacks? Yes, your habit of constantly worrying, expecting the worst, fretting over every small thing can actually invite heart diseases into your life!
How does negative thinking affect your h ...
Tags: Healthy heart, positive thinking, baby boomer
- Past Life Regression Therapy Explained For Boomers
By: Dr Karen | - Past life regression therapy or PLR is based on the principle of re-incarnation. It means that all of us have had many past lives and that life and death are a part of a constant cycle. According to the believers of past life regression therapy a lot of our present problems may result from the cellular memories of our past lives. For instance a phobia of water could be the result of death by drowning in a past life. PLR therapists claim that unexplained pains and aches in the body, a variety of ...
Tags: Regression, past life, boomers, baby boomer
- How To Be More Assertive?
By: Dr Karen | - Do you find it hard to put your foot down?
Are you unable to voice your opinion?
Do you feel your loved ones and friends sometimes treat you like a doormat?
Is it difficult for you to say NO?
Do you often find yourself going out of your way to oblige people, even when you don't want to?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you are not being assertive enough. The problem is many people simply do not ...
Tags: Assertive, baby boomer, self-help, boomer year book
- What Do Boomers Tell Their Kids?
By: Dr Karen | - As boomers, we have been told a lot of things by our parents. They had a tough time, didnt they?
Right from the thirties where the depression made life seriously tough, and through two world wars, where not just the economy, but the loss of loved ones also affected every single family in the United States, they had already crossed their prime by the time things became alright.
For us, we have had a lot of learning from them, but in general, life has been real good for us. ...
Tags: Boomers, kids, learning, depression, baby boomer
- Boomers Almost 60 Now!
By: Dr Karen | - The first baby boomers are almost 60 years old now! Unbelievable isnt it.
The image of boomers has always been linked with either babies, or with highly successful young people, who are industry leaders in every field. Now, the pix are bound to change. The name boomer is about to be associated with elderly people, and the images are about to be those of old men and women!
Calling us old would probably be too harsh. With the changing trends in ...
Tags: Older, younger, 60, Baby boomer
- Life Expectancy On The Up And Up
By: Dr Karen | - Would you believe that as close as the early twentieth century, the average life expectancy was just 30-40 years?
Imagine the kind of progress that has been achieved over the last hundred odd years. Most of this progress has been achieved in the last few decades. The boomer generation has been extremely health conscious and that has rubbed off on the entire population of America. Though considered to be the obesity capital of the world, America is also the most health conscious na ...
Tags: Quality, expectancy, Up and up, Life, baby boomer
- Old Is Young
By: Dr Karen | - Heard of Young at heart football club?
It is a club formed entirely of people who have put in at least 20 years of service somewhere, and are aged above 50! That means that the entire club is populated with boomers.
This is just one example out of hundreds of associations and clubs formed by boomers, who refuse to bow in their middle years. In fact, the attitude has caught on big time, and today, like little league, there is an unoffici ...
Tags: Old, young, crazy things, baby boomer
- Default Changing Market Trends
By: Dr Karen | - The markets are changing. And that is a fact that cannot be denied. In fact, they are more dynamic than ever before, and the rate of change is phenomenal.
Changing market trends are a beyond our control. The reason we are talking about this topic today is because of the current market situation, where everyone is so worried about everything. If you look back into the history of our finances, there has never been a time so strong and with such a lot of growth opportunity as we've h ...
Tags: Market trends, Baby Boomer, globalization, e-commerce
- So Who Do You Believe? Pharmaceutical Ethics
By: Dr Karen | - There are various reasons why many people are skeptical about taking prescribed medications. Some believe that there are just too many chemicals in them and would prefer a more natural approach. Others feel that prescribed drugs are being used too freely. What many people have not considered though is the fact that they may be being deceived regarding the quality of the prescribed medications.
We all assume that medical research is documented and properly researched at least when ...
Tags: Pharmaceutical Ethics, deception, FDA, skeptical, Baby boomer
- Now That's Strange: Unique Homes
By: Dr Karen | - Many of us oftentimes come across strange things, but not all of us have to live with them day in and day out. I am referring here to the strange houses of the world. Just when you think you have seen it all, something new comes along to take you by surprise. Many people say that they can live just about anywhere as long as there is a roof over their heads. Well let us try a few of these houses on for size!
How about living in an upside down house? The story goes that it took 114 ...
Tags: Unique homes, Collecting seashells, Baby boomer, boomer year
- The Us Is Growing Older!
By: Dr Karen | - The United States is gradually growing older. Not that it is something we do not know, but in general, the boomers are by far the biggest single generation ever in the United States. All of us are in our fifties and sixties now, and though we do not consider it old, the countrys average is slowly going up. This is naturally a cycle, and will come back down after a few decades.
But why are we talking about the average age of the country here today? Simply because research s ...
Tags: US, growing older, fifties and sixties, Baby boomer, boomer
- Coaching For Goal Achievement
By: Dr Karen | - We have all heard of positive affirmations and their benefits, a lot of articles, books and people swear by their power. But what is it about this simple technique of affirming good things to yourself that makes it so effective and powerful? The answer lies in the following facts:
Affirmations give you the power
When we affirm something positive to ourselves we acknowledge the responsibility for our actions and thoughts. With responsibility comes the power to change ...
Tags: Coaching, goal, affirmations, subconscious mind, baby boomer
- Baby Boomers Are Now Embracing Menopause
By: Dr Karen | - Rose is sitting through her 2pm lunch meeting with a colleague at a trendy new restaurant downtown. All of a sudden the air-conditioned room doesnt seem that cool anymore, she can feel small droplets on her forehead, and bigger ones falling down her back. Fifty-year old Rose is experiencing the once dreaded hot flash, a common symptom in women going through menopause.
For generations, women kept their lips zipped about menopause. Now it makes the roster of every womans tal ...
Tags: Menopause, baby boomer, OB-GYN, disorder
- Does The Tech-savvy Baby Boomer Exist?
By: Dr Karen | - Last week my friend spent 4 hours teaching her 64-year-old mother how to program her brand new Ti-Vo to record her two favorite daily soaps. After 4 hours Mama Brown asked her daughter to return the useless machine to the store and bring her a good ol VCR that could easily record her shows. While there are many baby boomers like Mama Brown who couldnt send an email to more than one person at once, or take 10 minutes to type a text message, there are just as many who have e ...
Tags: Tech-savvy, baby boomer, 1946 and 1964
- The Hidden Damage Of Poverty: A Boomer Call To Action
By: Dr Karen | - Just how much difference does having money make? We all know it dramatically affects our lifestyles but beyond the obvious signs, how does it affect our children? Research studies indicate that some children from low income families, between the ages of 9 and 10, have adversely affected brain functioning due to financial poverty. The saddest part of these findings is that the damage is so severe as to be equivalent to damage caused by a stroke!
Many stroke victims suffer prefrontal corte ...
Tags: baby boomer, Boomeryearbook, brain development, executive
- Boomers Retirement Monetary Resources - 4 Steps To Retire Well
By: Peter Makings | - Retirement is getting closer for the first boomers. The first generation of baby boomers have already retired, but there are still other 15 years left of the boomers who will retire. Imagine the day when you finally leave your job and move on could be daunting, especially if you are badly prepared for retirement living.
Boomers cannot rely on the Social Security system because the government is uncertain if they will be able to meet their needs. Numerous can't rely on their employer ...
Tags: baby boomer retirement, boomers, retirement
- Effective Baby Boomer Workouts
By: Bruce Hymanson | - Baby boomers are men and women of the Post-World War II baby boom generation, born between 1946 and 1964. Now in 2008, some of these individuals are finding it more difficult to exercise because of aging. However, at this point in life, good health, exercise and proper dieting are more important than ever before. Good health will increase ones lifespan and make the latter years of life the best years of life.
When you talk to baby boomers today, most of them will agree tha ...
Tags: bodyblade, body blade workout, baby boomer, boomers core tra
- Female Mid Life Entrepreneurs Boom In Today's Market
By: Danette Hibberd | - Are you aware of the rapidly growing trend that women are now taking over the business world?
It is a fact that the female entrepreneurs are starting new businesses at twice the rate of men. And a high proportion of this number are women aged in the baby boomer bracket (born between 1946 and 1964).
Why Females Are Becoming Entrepreneurs -
The days are gone where business and entrepreneurship consisted of the male folk wearing suits. Without a doubt, m ...
Tags: mid-life-entrepreneur, female-mid-life-entrepreneur, baby-boomer-entrepreneur
- Finding The Right Man - Dating For Baby Boomer Women Who Are Looking For The Right Man In Their Life
By: Connie Ragen Green | - Dating for boomer women is slightly different than for women of any other time. We have had some life experiences that have shaped the person we are today, and have a different set of expectations for starting a relationship that will lead to a solid commitment.
Relationships will always be complicated. Many women simply do not know what they are looking for in a man. If you are a woman over forty, and you are looking for a new man to begin a relationship with, you must think abou ...
Tags: how to find a man to date, dating for baby boomer women, how to date after 40, finding mr right
- Baby Boomer Women Now Explode Income As Entrepreneurs
By: Danette Hibberd | - What do the following terms have in common?
Baby Boomer Entrepreneur, Generation X Entrepreneur, Mid-Life Entrepreneur, MidPreneur.
Yes, many new entrepreneurs begin and develop a small business in mid-life, and at the same time can become extremely successful.
Are you a baby boomer?
If you were born between 1946 and 1954 you are a part of this diverse group regarded as baby boomers or Generation X spanning a whopping 19 years.
...
Tags: baby-boomer-entrepreneur, mid-life-entrepreneur, midpreneur
- Baby Boomers Need Renaming
Name That Group Of Revolutionaries - Silver-ager
By: gejo exemplar | - What do we call the pension age Baby Boomers? Those born in the post 39-45 War world, generally defined as between 1946 and 1964. Millions and millions who by force of numbers and with the benefits of education and the post war boom conditions have been pressure group for over 50 years.
I for one am glad the term Baby Boomer stuck just think of being called 'Population Bulger' It could have happened!
That post war generation has sparked being renamed a few times ...
Tags: baby boomer, pensioner, anti aging, senior, 50 plus, over fifty, senior home business, siverager.net,
- Top 10 Web Sites For Baby Boomers And Seniors
By: Susan Levine | - I've researched thousands of web sites on my quest to find reliable and age-relevant resources for Boomers and seniors. I know how difficult it can be to find information on the net that's accurate, trustworthy, user-friendly, and relevant to our 50something lifestyle. I'm committed to helping Baby Boomers and seniors discover the best content on the net, and I would never endorse a site that I wouldn't use myself.
1.familydoctor.org http://familydoctor.org/
In addition to ...
Tags: baby boomer, 50something, boomer web sites, boomers, seniors
- Are You A Baby Boomer Not Willing To Think About Retirement?
By: Linda Waters | - When the baby boomers were young, retirement seemed like something so far off that it was tough to imagine it. So many changes were ocurring in the world and there were so many other issues that were more pressing at the time that the thought of retirement did not seem like it was important. So why think about it? Civil rights and nuclear war were the important issues of the times.
Fast forward a few decades and many baby boomers have found themselves in an awkward situation. ...
Tags: baby boomer, aging baby boomers, retirement
- Baby Boomer Couples Cutting Health Care Costs
By: Terry Stanfield | - Baby boomer couples cutting health care costs by pooling resources to reduce the cost of long term care premiums. Instead of buying for one, advisers and analysts say you can sometimes slash premium costs by approaching long term care insurance as a couple.
For those willing to shop around the following three strategies are worth exploring:
1.Shared care plans
In general, sharing long-term policies doesn't eliminate the need for both partners to buy separat ...
Tags: baby boomer couples cutting health care costs, long term care premiums, long term care partnership, shared care plans
- Top 10 Trends With Baby Boomers
By: Alvaro Fernandez | - On June 19th Santa Clara University hosted the annual Baby Boomer Venture Summit. This forum brings together a great group of industry leaders, thought-leaders and start-ups in the growing market segment of baby boomers. Let's see how my own memory is working...I'll bring you the 10 things that I remember from this great event.
1) According to Mary S. Furlong, Executive Producer of the summit, healthy living and aging is a $480 billion industry. And 80% of the purchase decisions i ...
Tags: baby boomers, brain fitness, brain health, brain gym, improve memory, baby boomer market, baby boomer retirement, multitasking, mindfit
- Hey Baby Boomers - Here Is Some Travel Advice Just For You!
By: Kathy Steinemann | - If you were born between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Vietnam War, you are a Baby Boomer. Some Boomers have taken early retirement already, and others are on the verge of this new chapter in their lives. 'Travel' is at the top of the list for many.
* Planning Your Trip *
Your travel itinerary should be part of a careful process. Plan a holiday with plenty of 'you' time. You should finish every vacation feeling relaxed and rejuvenated.
Tags: travel, senior, seniors, citizen, citizens, baby, boomer, boomers, article, articles, advice, tip, tips, packing, planning, preparation, holiday, vacation, holidays
- Baby Boomer Career Change -take A Lesson From The Needy
By: Ken Little | - A baby boomer career change requires more wisdom now than at any other time. Workplace and personal change may have occurred without complete approval. Some may have found genuine fulfillment managing a regular and highly approved voluntary task providing help to the needy. Many are still searching within an environment of beautiful gardens, expensive cars and large boats.
An important season has arrived where quality time must be taken to organize a suitable agenda that could go ...
Tags: baby boomer career change, career, baby boomer
- Baby Boomer Career Change - Restructuring The Original Plan
By: Ken Little | - Baby boomer career change has introduced a unique restructuring program to the final phase recreating a completely new identity. This phase had traditionally been focussed on the years between natural retirement and spiritual redeployment.
In recent times it has become very obvious that unless we are of the millionaire status the terminating cash won't pay the bills for as long as necessary whilst maintaining an appropriate standard of living. Budgetary planning has been great ...
Tags: baby boomer career change, career, baby boomer
- Baby Boomer Health - Begin With The Basics
By: Ken Little | - Baby boomer health has included a supply of massive income sources surrounding literature, analysis, conferences and discussion in recent times. Every bookstore has a vast collection of books describing what to eat, when to eat, how to eat and even why to eat. Some content almost requires a PhD to comprehend the meaning of the message.
This does not mean we're expected to purchase and apply expensive and unusual products because of their unique content and high price to enjoy go ...
Tags: baby boomer health, baby boomer
- When At War, What Our Troops Want Is The Election Issue!
By: Average Joe Boomer | - Watching the Towers Fall and Moving Beyond Stuck-On-Stupid!
Watching the twin towers of the World Trade Center come down, live on TV, had a profound affect on many Americans including this baby boomer. Probably due to age, serious motivation to join the Ohio Army Reserve did not develop, however, until 2004 when I was fifty years old. It was not only our enemies who influenced my attempt to join up; it was the mindsets of some of my closest loved ones. Those mindsets appear to be ...
Tags: win votes, boost morale, wartime patriotism, 9/11, September 11, baby boomer, t-shirts,
- Discover How Baby Boomers Can Make An Impact
By: Roger Carr | - Baby boomers are an interesting group. You are a baby boomer if you were born between the years of 1946 and 1964. There were approximately 76 million baby boomers born in the United States alone during those years.
What is one of the things that makes this group so interesting? Currently, the first baby boomers are at the traditional age of retirement. The later baby boomers, which I am a part of, are at the traditional age of midlife. Both groups are at a point in time where t ...
Tags: baby boomer, charity, donate, help, purpose of life, career change
- Surprising New Discovery In Boomer Relationship Restoration
By: Ken Little | - You know , as a baby boomer, relationships have valley floors and mountain top experiences.
And you want to know how to stay on the "mountain top" all the time.
Right?
Well it may be easier than you think to stay closer to the mountain top. No guarantees, however, about the "very top" though. We will get to that in a moment but first-
Too many of us boomers thought it was all about "the feeling". When the feeling was there we were at peace wit ...
Tags: boomer, boomers, baby boomer, relationship
|
|
